Lesson 11 Grammar

Question 1

What are counters?

Answer 1

Counters = small words placed at the end of a number for counting specific things.

There are lots of counters, just learn them as you would vocab.

Question 2

How to use Quantifiers (hint, I mean numbers connect to counters)

Answer 2

Noun + Number
- This structure is used with pretty much anything, EXCEPT length of time which can vary.

Question 3

How to ask “how many of” something

Answer 3

Noun + いくつ + verb

教科書がいくつありますか。

Question 4

How to ask “how many of” something WHEN you want to attach a counter and ask specifically.

Answer 4

何 + counter

マイロさんは何冊本がありますか。

Question 5

How to ask the length of time/ how much of X something takes.

Answer 5

どのくらい

日本語のクラスはどのくらいかかりますか。

Question 6

What word is added after a quantifier to mean “about”.

Answer 6

ぐらい

SOAS大学は日本語の先生が十人ぐらいいます。

Question 6

What expression is used to indicate frequency?

Answer 6

Time period に ～回 verb

毎週に、大学にご回行きます。

Question 7

What word can be added after quantifiers/ nouns to mean there is “only/just” this amount.

Answer 7

だけ

自分で六か月だけ勉強しました。